Improvement in water elevators and purifiers



C. HARTZELL.

'WATER-ELEVATOR AND PURIFIER.

No.181,336. Patented Aug.22,187.6.

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WITNESSES VENTOB ATTDBNEYS.

N. PETERS. PHOTO-U'KHOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON, D. C.

NTTED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

CONRAD HARTZELL, OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATER ELEVATORS AND PURIFIERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 181,336, dated August22, 1876; application filed I June 20, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CONRAD HARTZELL, of St. Joseph, in the countyot'Buohanan and State of Missouri, have invented a new and ImprovedWater Elevator and Purifier, 01'

which the following is a specification:

The invention will first be described in con-- nection with the drawing,and then pointed out in the claim.

Figurel is a longitudinal sectional eleva- B, a paddle-wheel mounted onit so as to be turned by the current of the water; 0. the filter mountedon the float, and adapted for the application of a pumpsay, by having apiston fitted to work in the cylinder D to raise Water through thefilter, and discharge it in any approved receptacle, thus filtering itat the same time. The pump will, of course, be geared to the wheel inany approved way.

If desired, the capacity of the filter may be extended to any requiredlimit by arranging the filter as represented at Ethat is, by fixing oneor more horizontal tubes along the bottom of the float, as shown, whichmay either be connected to filter O or be substituted for it, and havethe pump attached to it.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A tube attached toship, boat, or float so as to be submerged, and provided with a filterat the bottom, as shown and described, Whereby a vessel of pure water isalways at hand on board ship for drinking or other'purposes.

CONRAD HABTZELL. Witnesses:

H. 0. HAINES, W. H. BELL.

